Posted on 05/14/2014 11:51:21 AM PDT by Olog-hai
In what has become something of a trend, two US congressmen participated in a fact-finding mission on the Temple Mount early Wednesday morning, to witness firsthand the discriminatory treatment meted out to non-Muslims on Judaism’s holiest site.
Congressmen Andrew Harris (R-Maryland) and Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) were taken on a tour of the holy site in Jerusalem by Rabbi Chaim Richman, International Director of the Temple Institute, who pointed out religious and historical landmarks along the way. The American lawmakers were also accompanied by their wives.
The group witnessed how Jewish groups are singled out and closely followed by “guards” from the Islamic Waqf trust which administers the site, as well as Israeli police officers, both of whom scrutinize their behavior for any signs that they might be engaging in Jewish prayers or any other non-Muslim form of worship. …
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
The solution to this problem is obvious; I hope decent people are merely waiting until Obama is out of power.
This is just absolutely unbelievable that we put up with this crap! When is Obama going to speak out against this blatant religious intolerance/persecution? Of course he probably thinks those that dare to pray Jewish or Christian prayers there are the intolerant ones.
What the hell do they expect from the gd moslems?
Why is Israel ordering its police to violate the Freedom of Worship of Americans, Christians and Jews at the Temple Mount?
This sounds to me like something new, that has been implemented by Obama in order for Israel to continue receiving a small amount of military aid for the United States.
Evidently it has been going on for a while, but I recall that some Israelis somehow got a key to a side door of the mosque, so a group of them were able to get inside and pray.
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